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Grand Bay Man Convicted of First-Degree Sodomy and Child Sexual Abuse; Sentencing Set for Jan. 14 Prichard Council Meeting Collapses Over $60,000 Gas Tax Transfer as Mayor Denies It Was Used for Payroll Mobile Man Charged With 10 Child Pornography Counts After Tips That Originated From Grok AI Platform Senior Bowl Delivers Football Equipment to Elberta, B.C. Rain and Blount as Game Heads to an Earlier Jan. 30 Date Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama Expects to Serve 2,500 Children This Christmas, Up From 2,000 Last Year Mary G. Montgomery, Barred From the Postseason, Finishes 7-3 on a Six-Game Win Streak and Earns Team of the Week Figures Calls Out ‘Santa Claus’ in Victory Speech; Enterprise Pastor Who Plays Him Replies, ‘Bless His Heart’Gulf Shores Moves to Take Over Struggling Alabama Gulf Coast Sports Center, Adding Four Gyms to Recreation Program

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Crime

Grand Bay Man Convicted of First-Degree Sodomy and Child Sexual Abuse; Sentencing Set for Jan. 14

A Mobile County jury found Franklin Lanier, 42, guilty after evidence that the abuse lasted from the time the victim was 8 until age…

Nov 6, 2026 Grand Bay

High school football players standing together at sunset, seen in silhouette

Sports

Mary G. Montgomery, Barred From the Postseason, Finishes 7-3 on a Six-Game Win Streak and Earns Team of the Week

Nov 6, 2026 Mobile

A red kettle and donated gifts beside an Angel Tree with paper tags

Community

Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama Expects to Serve 2,500 Children This Christmas, Up From 2,000 Last Year

Nov 6, 2026 Mobile

People unloading football helmets and equipment from a pickup at a school field

Sports

Senior Bowl Delivers Football Equipment to Elberta, B.C. Rain and Blount as Game Heads to an Earlier Jan. 30 Date

Nov 6, 2026 Elberta

Exterior of a sheriff’s office building and parking lot on the Gulf Coast

Crime

Mobile Man Charged With 10 Child Pornography Counts After Tips That Originated From Grok AI Platform

Nov 6, 2026 Mobile

A city council chamber with people leaving the dais as the audience looks on

Government

Prichard Council Meeting Collapses Over $60,000 Gas Tax Transfer as Mayor Denies It Was Used for Payroll

Nov 6, 2026 Prichard

Exterior view of a large indoor sports complex with palm trees

Sports

Gulf Shores Moves to Take Over Struggling Alabama Gulf Coast Sports Center, Adding Four Gyms to Recreation Program

Nov 6, 2026 Gulf Shores

A person in a Santa suit in a crowd watching a speaker at a podium on stage

Politics

Figures Calls Out ‘Santa Claus’ in Victory Speech; Enterprise Pastor Who Plays Him Replies, ‘Bless His Heart’

Nov 6, 2026 Enterprise

Two scouts beside bags of donated food on a neighborhood street

Community

Scouts Across Five Counties Will Collect Food Saturday for Feeding the Gulf Coast in Annual Drive

Nov 6, 2026 Mobile

High school students working on cars in an automotive shop

Education

Five Baldwin Prep Juniors Earn ASE Student Master Certification, a Rare Feat Before Graduation

Nov 6, 2026 Baldwin County

A dedication ceremony outside a renovated brick activity center with people seated in rows

Local Government

Foley Dedicates Activity Center in Former Armory, Honoring Sgt. William L. Smith and 100 Years of National Guard Service

Nov 6, 2026 Foley

A white school bus and emergency vehicles at the scene of a wreck on a highway

Public Safety

Robertsdale Special Education Bus Involved in Multi-Vehicle Wreck on Highway 59; Students Checked by EMS

Nov 6, 2026 Robertsdale

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Crime

Judge Sentences Mobile Woman to Time Served in Husband’s 2023 Shooting Death on Felhorn Road East

Nov 6, 2026 Mobile